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LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD 


AND OTHER STORIES 


EDITED BY 

Mrs. heller and LOIS BATES 


WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY 

H. J. FORD, LANCELOT SPEED, and W. G. BURN MURDOCH 


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NEW YORK 

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91 and 93 FIFTH AVENUE 

1903 



THE LIBRARY OF 
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CONTENTS 

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Little Golden Hood 1 

A Fairy Tale of a Fox 17 

Snowdrop 51 

The Good Little Mouse 79 

Brother and Sister 97 

Jack and the Bean Stalk .... 119 


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LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD 


I 

Once there was a dear little girl 
as pretty and nice as a sweet star. 

At all times she wore a small 
cloak on which was a hood of a 
gold and fire color. 

This hood had been given to 
her by her grandmother, who 
was so old that she did not know 
her age. 

The hood was to bring the 
little girl good luck, the old 
lady said. It was made of a 
ray of sunshine. 


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LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD 


Some said the old lady was 
a witch, so all felt that the hood 
had a great deal of power in it. 

You will see that it had, from 
the story I am about to tell you. 

One day her mother called 
Golden Hood, and said to her: 

Let me see, dear, if you know 
the way to the house of your 
grandmother quite alone ! ” 

“ Oh, yes ! I know the way 
well,” said the little girl, glad to 
go and see her. 

“ W ell, then,” said her mother, 
“ here is a nice cake which you 
shall take her. She will like 
something very good on Sunday.” 


LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD 


3 


II 

Golden Hood felt she must be 
otf at once, but her mother said: 

“ Do not forget to ask the dear 
old lady how she is; and come 
back quickly, or it will be dark. 

“Do not stop on the way to 
talk to those you do not know. 

“Are you sure you are quite 
clear as to what you have to do 
now ? ” said the mother. 

“ Oh, yes ! I know well,” said 
the little girl. So otf she went 
with the cake in a basket. 

She was very proud to go alone, 
and glad to see the poor old lady, 
who was often lonely. Golden 
Hood had a good, kind heart. 

How, the grandmother lived a 


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LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD 


long way olf, on the other side 
of a big wood. 

Golden Hood had to cross this 
wood to get to the house. 

As she was going along by a 
turn of the road, under the trees, 
she cried out, “Who goes there?” 

“Your friend. Wolf,” said a 
voice; and up came a wolf run- 
ning to her like a good dog, as 
if glad to see her. 

Ill 

This bad wolf had seen the little 
girl go out alone, and had wished 
to kill and eat her. 

Some men were at work in the 
wood near by, so he had waited 
for a time. 


LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD 


5 


“’Tis you, my nice little Golden 
Hood,” said he. “ How do you 
do?” 

I am sorry to tell you this 
little girl did not do as her 
mother had told her. 

She stopped to talk to the wolf, 
whom she did not know at all. 

“ Do you know me, then ? ” said 
she. “What is your name?” 

“My name is Wolf,” said he. 
“ Where are you going, my pretty 
maid? What is in that basket 
on your arm ? ” 

“I am going to see my dear 
grandmother. I take her a nice 
cake in my basket for her to eat 
on Sunday,” said she. 

“Where does your grandmother 
live ? ” asked the wolf 


LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD 


“ She lives in the first house 
on the other side of this big 
wood, near the windmill,” said 
the little girl. 

“ Oh, yes, I know ! ” said the 
wolf. “ I am going that way my- 
self now. 

“I shall get there before yon, 
for you have such little bits of 
legs. 

“I will tell her you are on the 
way to see her, then she will stay 
at home for you.” 

IV 

Away went the wicked old wolf 
by a short cut across the wood. 
He was soon at the house of the 
old lady. 


LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD 


7 


He gave a rap at the door — 
rat-tat. Ho one came. 

He raps again. This time louder. 
But no one came to it. 

So he stands on his hind legs, 
puts his fore foot on the latch, 
and the door opens. 

Hot a soul does he find in the 
house. All is quite still. 

It was a good thing the poor 
old lady had got up early to go 
into the town for herbs. 

She had gone otf in such haste 
that she had not made her bed, 
and her night cap lay on the 
pillow. 

“Good,” said the sly old wolf 
to himself I know what I will 
do.” 

He shut the door, put on the 


LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD 


night cap down to his eyes, and 
drew down the blinds to shut out 
the light. 

Then he lay down in bed and 
drew the sheets well over him 
so as not to be seen, and waited 
till some one came. 

What a bad, sly old wolf he 
was ! 


Y 

GrOLDEisr Hood had gone on her 
way as little girls do, but not 
very fast. 

Yow and then she would stop 
to pick a flower or look at the 
birds as they made their pretty 
nests; often she sang to herself 
She looked at the bee as he 


LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD 


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sucked the sweet honey from the 
flower, or at the busy ant as he 
took food to his nest for the 
winter. 

It was so nice that it was some 
time before she got to the house 
of her grandmother. 

Rap-rap at the door. 

“ Who is there ? ” said the old 
wolf, making his voice as soft as 
he could. 

“ It is I, dear Grannie, your lit- 
tle Golden Hood,” said the child. 
“I have a nice cake for you to 
eat on Sunday.” 

“Press on the latch, dear, then 
push, and the door will open,” 
said the sly old wolf 

“Why, you have got a cold, 
dear Grannie,” said the child, as 


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LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD 


she came in. “ Can I do any- 
thing for you?” 

“Yes, my little lamb,” said 
wolf, “ I have. Shut the door, dear, 
and put the cake on the table. 

“You must rest before you go 
back for a little time, so take otf 
your best frock and come and lie 
down by me.” 


VI 

The child did as she was bid, 
but she kept her hood on her • 
head. It was a good thing she 
did so, as you will see. 

IN’ow she looked at her Gran- 
nie, and could not think what had 
come to her. 

“ Oh, Grannie,” said she, “ how 


LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD 


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like you are to the wolf I saw in 
the wood.” 

“ The night cap does that, child,” 
said the wolf. 

“ Oh, what big arms you have 
got. Grandmother.” 

“ All the better to hug you, 
my child,” said the wolf 

“ Oh, what a large mouth you 
have. Grandmother.” 

“ All the better to talk with, 
child.” 

“ Oh, what great white teeth 
you have. Grandmother.” 

“ All the better to eat little 
girls with.” 

Now the old wolf opened his 
jaws wide to begin his meal. 

Poor Golden Hood put down her 
head crying, “Mamma! mamma!” 


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LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD 


So the wolf took hold of her 
hood in his jaws, and then, oh. 



dear ! oh, dear ! he drew back and 
cried as if he had bitten red hot 
coals. 


LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD 


13 


The little hood had burnt his 
mouth and all down his throat. 

It was one of those magic caps 
we hear of in the tales of the 
olden days that had great power 
to do many odd things. 

VII 

So now Mr. Wolf, with his mouth 
burnt, and in much pain, jumped otf 
the bed and tried to find the door. 

He howled and howled, as if 
all the dogs in the land were at 
his heels. 

Just then up came the old 
grandmother from the town with 
a long sack on her back. 

She soon saw how it was. “ Ah ! 
you bad one, wait a bit,” cried she. 


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LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD 


She opened the mouth of the 
sack wide across the door, and 
the wolf, mad with the pain, 
jumped in head first. 

The bad wolf is now in a trap 
and cannot get out. 

The brave old dame shut up 
the sack quickly and held it fast, 
hard as Mr. Wolf tried to get out. 

She then went to the top of 
the well and flung in the sack 
with the wolf in it. 

It went lower and lower, the 
wolf still howlipg. The water 
soon stopped him, and at last he 
lay dead at the bottom of the 
well, and a good thing, too. 


LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD 


15 


VII 

“ Ah ! you bad wolf,” said the good 
old dame, “you wanted to eat my 
dear little Golden Hood, did you? 

“By and by we will make a 
nice warm muff of your skin, and 
your body shall make a meal for 
the dogs ! ” 

How, as the wolf was dead, the 
old lady went to dress Golden 
Hood, who was still full of fear 
in the bed. 

“What would you have done if 
you had not had my hood, dar- 
ling?” said she. 

To cheer up the dear little girl 
she gave her some cake and jam, 
took her by the hand, and led 
her home. 


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LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD 


Her mother was glad to see 
her safe and sound, but very 
vexed that she had stopped to 
talk to the wolf on the way. 

Over and over again Golden 
Hood said she would never do 
such a thing any more. 

It is said in old tales that she 
may still 'be seen sometimes in 
the woods when the sun shines. 

If you wish to see her you 
must get up very early. 


A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


THE FOX AND A DOG START ON A 
JOURNEY 

One day a Dog and a Fox set 
out to see a Cat. Why did they 
go to see the Cat ? I will tell you. 
This Cat was very, x^ery rich, 



so THEY SET OUT 


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A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


and she had a nice home. Her 
fur was soft and long, and as fine 
as silk. She was a good Cat, too. 

So they set out. But the Fox 
said, “I must get rid of the Dog, 
for the Cat may like him more 
than me.” That was not kind; 
was it ? But it is just like a Fox. 

HOW THE HOG GOT HID OF 

So the Fox ran on and put his 
paw in a hole, and kept it so till 
the Dog came up. 

“ Oh dear, dear, dear ! ” said the 
Fox, “what can I do? My paw 
is fast in this hole.” 

“ I will help you if I can,” said 
the Dog; pray tell me what I can 
do.” 


A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


19 


“Do!” said the Fox; “why, can 
you not see that a big stone is 
on my paw ? Get into the hole, 
Dog” 



“ OH DEAR, DEAR, DEAR ! MY PAW IS FAST IN THIS HOLE ” 

So the Dog got into the hole 
to lift the stone, but the paw of 
the Fox was not fast at all; he 
did this to get rid of the Dog. 



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He put the stone upon the hole, 
so that the Hog could not get 
out, and then he ran otf. 

Would you act like that to a 
poor kind Hog? No, I am sure 
you would not. 

THE DOG IN THE HOLE 

Ah! the poor Hog! How he 
did try, and try, and try to get 
out ! 

But it was all of no use, for the 
stone was too big for him to lift. 

At last he saw a way out of 
the hole. It was a very dark way, 
but he said, “ I will try it.” 

So on he ran a long, long way, 
till at last he came to a cave. 
And what did he see? 


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21 





WHO ARB YOU 


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SAID HE TO THE DOG 




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Well, he saw a fire, and by the 
fire he saw a Man. Oh, such an 
odd Man ! 

WHAT THE ODD MAN SAID 

I did not tell you that the Odd 
Man had a pipe in his lips, but he 
had. 

“Who are you?’’ said he to the 
Dog, “ and why do you come to 
my cave?” 

“ I am a poor dog. Sir, who has 
lost his way. Will you be so kind 
as to tell me how I may get 
out ?” 

“JSTo, I will not,” said the Odd 
Man; “just wait till I have done 
this,” and he went on with his 
pipe. 


A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


23 


By and by he said, “ I will tell 
yon what yon may do if yon like : 
you may stay here and work with 
me.” 



“you see I HAVE HERE A BIG HOLE FULL OF GOLD ” 

“I will do that if you will not 
let me out,” said the Bog; “but 
what work shall I do?” 

“Well,” said the Odd Man, “you 



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see I have here a big hole full of 
gold, and I have to sit on it all 
the time.” 

“ Why must you sit on it ? ” 
said the Dog. 

“I will tell yon,” said the Odd 
Man, “why I take such care of it.” 

WHY THE ODD MAN SAT ON THE GOLD 

“ hTear my cave,” said the Odd 
Man, “lives a Boa, and this Boa 
wants to kill me, so that he can 
get all my gold. 

“If I take a nap, or a nod, he 
will come in and try to get at 
me. I am just worn out for want 
of rest.” 

“Dear me,” said the Dog, “what 
can I do for you?” The Dog felt 
sad for the Odd Man. 


A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


25 


“Well,” said the Odd Man, “if 
would look out for the Boa, 
I could take a nap.” 



“I will do that,” said the Dog, 
“and 3^ou, sir, pray go to sleep.” 
Did I tell you that the name of 
the Dog was Ti’ue? 


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A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


THE DOa IN THE CA YE 

Soon the Odd Man was otf to 
sleep, and True kept a good look 
out for the Boa. 

Poor little dog ! he felt very sad 
shut up in the cave with the big 
Odd Man. 

No blue sky was to be seen 
there; it was all dark, dark, but 
for the fire. 

And the poor Bog had had no 
food all day ; so he did wish for a 
bone. 

And at the side of the cave 
there were some bones, a big, big 
heap. But did he take one? Oh! 
no; he was a brave Bog, he did 
not take what was not his. 


A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


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HOW THE DOG TOOK CARE OE THE 

ODD IfAN 

The Dog did not shut his eyes. 



HE SAW A LONG THING COME INTO THE CAVE, AND MOVE ALONG THE 

SIDE 

but all the time he was on the 
look out for the Boa. 

At last, he saw a long thing 


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A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


come into the cave, and move 
along the side. 

What was it ? On, on it came ; 



slow, slow, slow; and the Dog 
gave a loud bark. 

Then it went out, and the Odd 
Man said, “What was that? You 
woke me out of my nap.” 


A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


29 


“ Oh, sir,” said the Dog, “ it was 
a long thing, and it came into the 
cave.” 

“That was the Boa,” said the 
Odd Man. “ You are a good dog 
to bark and send it out. You may 
have a bone.” 

THE DOG GETS A HAP 

“Thank you,” said the Dog. 
So he went to the heap and got 
a bone, and the Odd Man went 
otf to sleep. 

All day long the Odd Man 
would look out for the Boa, and 
True could then get a nap. 

But as soon as the sun went 
down, the Dog had to mind the 
cave. 

There was no bine sky to be 


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A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


seen, as I told you, but the cave 
was not all dark in the day-time. 

There was just a wee, wee bit 
of light came into it from the sun. 



TRUE COULD THEN GET A NAP 


THE BLACK BOO 

One day, when True wms on the 
lookout, and the Odd Man had 


A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


31 


just gone otf to sleep, what do 
you think he saw? 

Why, he saw a big Black Dog. 
In it came and said to True, 



“good day, little dog! how do you do?” 


“Good day, little Dog! How do 
you do?” 

“Yery well, I thank you,” said 
True, “ but who are you ? ” 


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A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


“My name is Nip,” said the 
Black Bog, “and I have come to 
show you the way out. Let us 
run now ! ” 

“No,” said True, “I said I would 
take care of this cave for the 
Odd Man, and I will do it.” 

“ But the Odd Man is in a nap,” 
said the Black Dog, “ he will not 
see you. Come now, olf we run ! ” 

But True did not go. Then the 
Black Dog said, “Oive me a bone, 
will you ? ” 

“ I can not, for they are not 
mine. The Odd Man may give 
you one by and by.” 

But the Black Dog went up to 
the heap, and just then True gave 
a loud bark, and the Odd Man 
woke up. 


A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


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THE BOA 

And now there was no Black 
Dog at all, but a long, long Boa 
close by the Odd Man. 



“OH, MY GOOD DOG, GIVE ME YOUR PAW.” 


It was the old Boa, who had 
come in the dress of a dog to 
get at the Odd Man. 

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A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


It had been trying to kill him for 
a long, long time ; and poor little 
True did not know what to do. 

But at last he bit the tail of 
the Boa, and the Odd Man got 
hold of its head, and soon the 
bad Boa lay dead. 

“Oh, my good Dog,” said the 
Odd Man, “my kind, good True! 
Oive me your paw. What can I 
do to show you how glad I am?” 

HOW TRUE GOT OUT 

“ Oh, sir,” said the Dog, “ may I 
go out of the cave now? I want 
to go and see a nice, nice Cat.” 

“ Oh,” said the Odd Man, “ who 
is she, pray, and why do you wish 
to see her ? ” 

Then the Dog told the Odd 


A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


35 


Man all that I have told you of 
the Cat and the Fox. 

And the Odd Man said, “Yes, 
good Dog, you may go. The Boa 
is dead now, and I can take a nap 
when I like. 

“Here is a door in the side 
of the cave. Good-by, my kind 
True.” And he let the Dog out. 

THE DOG AND THE MAGPIE 

How fast he ran, and how glad 
he felt to he out in the air! 

It was all so nice — the green 
grass, the blue sky, and the song 
of the birds. 

The Cat’s home was in a road 
that went by a wood, and out of 
this wood ran a little rill. 

By the side of the rill the Dog 


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A FAIRY tale of A FOX 


saw a bird. It was a Magpie. 
She had come to get a drink. 

“ How do you do ? ” said she. 



BY THE SIDE OF THE RILL THE DOG SAW A BIRD 


“ What a fine day it is ! Do you 
live in this wood?” 

‘‘Ho,” said True; “I have come 
to see a nice Cat. Can yon tell 
me how to find her?” 


A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


37 


“Oh, yes,” said the Pie; “come 
with me.” 

SEES THE FOX 

So they went on, and Mag 
said, “You must mind what you 
are at, my dear Pog, for a sly 
Fox has come to live with the 
Cat.” 

At last they got to the home 
of the Cat, and Mag left the Dog 
at the door. 

He gave a rat-tat with his paw 
at the door, and the Fox came. 

But when he saw the Dog, he 
shut the door, and did not let 
him come in. 

One day, when the Fox was 
out, the Dog came once more, 
and the Oat was kind to him, and 


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A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


gave him food; but he had to go 
when the Fox came back. 

Why did the Fox not like True? 
He was a good, kind Dog. 



THE CAT WAS KIND TO HIM, AND GAVE HIM FOOD 


I can not tell yon why. But 
you will see that the Dog got 
the best of it in the end. 


A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


39 


THE FOX IS ILL 

One day the Cat went to see 
the Magpie, and while she was 



out, the Dog went to her 
home. 

But this time tlie Fox said. 



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A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


“Come ill, True; I am very glad 
to see you.” 

“ Why do you lie there ? ” said 
the Dog ; for the Fox lay on a 



THE FOX, BY A TRICK, GETS THE DOG’S PAW FAST IN A HOLE 


bed, and gave a moan, as if he 
were in pain. 

“I am very ill,” said he; “and 
oh! how I long for a drink from 
the rill ! ” 


A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


41 


“I will get you one,” said the 
Dog. “What shall I put it in?” 

“ Get up on that box,” said the 
Fox, “and put a paw in that hole, 
and you will find a can.” 

The Dog did as he was told, 
and then the Fox gave a pull 
on a cord and made the Dog’s 
paw fast in the hole. 

Then up he got, and ran off, and 
the poor Dog had to stay there 
for a long, long time, till the Cat 
came and got his paw out. 

THE PIE TELLS SOME NEWS 

Next day, as the Cat and the 
Fox were at tea, in flew Miss 
Magpie. 

“ Oh, my dear Cat and Fox,” 
said she, “ what do you think ? 


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A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


Some one has come' to live in the 
cave, just by my nest!” 

“Who is it?” said the Cat. 

“ Oh, such an odd, odd Man ! I 



THE CAT AND THE FOX WERE AT TEA 

have not had a good look at him 
yet; but he has a big bag full of 
gold, and I saw the Dog go to 
the cave at noon to-day.” 

“Did you?” said the Fox. 



A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


43 


“Then I must go to the cave, 
too.” 

THE FOX GOES TO SEE THE ODD MAN 

The Fox ran off to the cave. 
And there, at the door of the 
cave, sat the Odd Man with his 
pipe. 

“ Ho, ho ! ” said he. “ Who are 
you, and what do you want?” 

“I am a Fox, sir, and have 
come to see you, as you have just 
come to live here.” 

“That is very kind of you,” 
said the Odd Man. “ Do you live 
in this wood ? ” 

“No,” said the Fox; “I live 
with a very nice Cat. Her home 
is beyond the rill there. Will you 
come to see us?” 


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“ No, thank you,” said the Odd 
Man. “You tell the Cat to come 
here and see me.” 



OUT OF THIS HOLE THE ODD MAN PUT HIS HEAD 


THE FOX AND THE GAT GO TO THE 

CA VE 

The Fox ran home, and told the 
Cat what the Odd Man had said. 


A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


45 


So she soon set otf with him to 
the cave. 

When they got there the door 
was shut; hut there was a little 
hole, high up in the side of the 
cave, and out of this the Odd Man 
put his head. 

“You can not come in at the 
door,” said he, “for I have shut 
it to keep out the cold. But I 
will let you in this way.” 

ROW THE CAT GOT IE THE CAVE 

“See,” said the Odd Man, “here 
is a long cord. Take hold of the 
end with your paws, and I will 
pull you up. Let the Cat come 
first.” 

So the Cat got hold of the 
cord, and up, up, up she went, 


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A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


till at last she was in the hole, 
and safe in the cave. 

“hTow,” said the Odd Man, “I 



“l WILL TIE THE CORD TO YOUR TAIL, MR. FOX 


will tie the cord to your tail, Mr. 
Fox, and then I will pull you up too.” 

So the Odd Man came out of 
the cave to tie the cord. 


A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


47 


now THE FOX DID NOT GET IN THE 
CA YE 

Now the Fox did not like the 
cord on his tail, and he said to the 



AND THERE THE POOR FOX HUNG WITH HIS HEAD DOWN 


Odd Man, “May I not come in 
at the door ? ” 

“No,’’ said the Odd Man, “you 
must come as the Cat did.” 



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So the Fox went up, up, up, 
as the Cat had done, but not into 
the cave; for when his tail had 
got into the hole, the Odd Man 
shut a little door and made it 
fast. 

And there the poor Fox hung 
with his head down. 

HOW THE FOX GOT OFF 

The Cat came out to look at 
him, and the Dog came too, and 
the Magpie ; and the Odd Man 
sat there with his pipe. 

How he did try and try to get 
otf! just as the Dog tried to get 
out of the hole ; but his tail was 
too fast. 

“Now, Mr. Fox,” said the Pie, 
“ you have got tit for tat, and 


A FAIRY TALE OF A FOX 


49 


this is the end of all your sly 
ways.” 

At last the Fox gave a big pull 
and got otf ; but his tail was left 
in the hole. 

He ran on and on, till he got so 
far olf that no one could see him. 

THE END 

Then the Dog went to live in 
the home of the Cat, and the Fox 
came back no more. 

Each day they went to see the 
Odd Man in his cave; for it was 
the same Odd Man that the Dog 
took care of long ago. 

And he would get the tail of 
the Fox, and show it to them, and 
say, “ This is how the Fox got 
paid otf for all his bad tricks.” 


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And the Cat would say, “Yes; 
those who are kind and good get 



HE WOULD GET THE TAIL OF THE FOX, AND SHOW IT TO THEM ' 


the best of it in the end, don’t 
they. True ? ” 



SNOWDROP 


I 

Ontce there was a fair and good 
Queen, who had a dear little baby 
girl called Snowdrop. 

This little child had a skin as 
white as snow, rosy lips and 
cheeks, and dark hair. 

While she was yet but a tiny 
baby her dear mother died. 

Some time after, the King had 
a new wife, who was very lovely, 
but also very vain and proud. 

She did not like any one to 
be as pretty as she was. 

She had a magic looking-glass. 


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or mirror. She used to stand be- 
fore it and gaze at herself, and 
ask: 

Mirror, Mirror, hanging there. 

Who in all the land’s most fair? 


She was quite happy if it said : 


You are most fair, my Lady Queen: 
IS’one so fair in the land, I ween. 


Time passed, and when little 
Snowdrop was seven years old, 
she was a very lovely child. 

Better still, she was as good 
and gentle as she was pretty. She 
tried to be loving and kind to 
all who came near her. 



THE MAGIC MIRROR 





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SNOWDROP 


II 

One day, when the Queen asked 
her mirror if she were the most 
fair lady in the land, it said : 


My Lady Queen, you’re fair, ’tis true ; 

But Snowdrop’s much more fair than you. 


This made the Queen feel full 
of hate for poor Snowdrop. 

So she sent the little girl away 
to the wood, in which were many 
wild beasts, wishing they would 
kill her. 

When the dear child found she 
was quite alone in the big wood, 
she was so full of fear that she 
did not know what to do. 

She ran over the stones and 


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55 


by the bushes as far as her lit- 
tle legs would carry her. 

Just as the sun set she came 
to a small house, and went into 
it to rest. 

All she saw in the house was 
very neat and clean, but very small. 

There was a table in the mid- 
dle of the room, with a white 
cloth on it. 

Round the table were set seven 
little plates with a nice supper in 
them, forks, spoons, and cups. 

By the side of the wall there 
were seven small neat white beds. 

Ill 

Snowdrop was glad to see some 
food, for she was very hungry. 


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She ate a tiny bit of supper 
from each plate, and had a little 
drink out of each cup. 

The poor child was very tired 
and sleepy. So she lay down on 
one of the beds, but it was too 
hard for her. 

She tried each bed in turn, bnt 
she did not find one to suit her 
till she came to the last of all. 

One bed was too hard, one too 
soft, one too long, and the other 
too short for her. 

When she came to the last, she, 
like a good child, asked God to 
take care of her, lay down on it, 
and was soon fast asleep. 

Just as it got quite dark, the 
masters of the little house came 
home. 


SNOWDROP 


57 


They were seven very small 
men, called Dwarfs. They worked 
in the mines down very deep in 
the earth. 

First they lit their seven little 
lamps, and looked round their 
nice home. 

They soon saw that some one 
had been in the room, for it was 
not as they had left it in the 
morning. 


IV 

The first Dwarf said: “Who has 
been sitting on my little chair?” 

The next said: “Who has been 
eating my little loaf?” 

The third said: “Who has been 
tasting my food?” 


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SNOWDROP 


The fourth said: “Who has 
been eating out of my plate ? ” 
The next said; “Who has been 
using my little fork ? ” 

The sixth said: “Who has been 
drinking out of my little cup?” 

The last said: “Who has been 
using my little spoon ? ” 

Then the first Dwarf looked, 
and saw a hollow place in his bed, 
and he asked again: “Who has 
been lying on my bed ? ” 

The others came running round, 
and cried when they saw their, 
beds : “ Some one has been on 
ours, too.” 

When the last Dwarf came to 
his bed, he started back in fear, 
for there lay dear little Snowdrop 
fast asleep. 


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59 


He then called the others, and 
they turned their little lamps full 
on the bed. 

When they saw Snowdrop there, 
they did not know what to do. 

“ What a lovely child ! ” said 
they. 

y 

The Dwarfs were kind little men, 
so they did not wake poor Snow- 
drop, but let her sleep on in the 
tiny bed. 

The one on whose bed she lay 
slept for a short time in each of 
the other beds, and so passed the 
night. 

In the morning Snowdrop awoke. 
When she saw the seven little 
men, she was at first full of fear. 


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But they asked her name in 
such a kind way, that she said: 

“ I am Snowdrop ! Will you for- 
give me for coming into your 
house when I was not asked? 

“Will you also forgive me for 
taking some of your food and 
drink? I was nearly dead with 
hunger.” 

They were quite glad to do so, 
but said to her : “ Why have you 
come here all alone?” 

Then Snowdrop told them her 
sad story. 

They were very sorry for her, 
and gave her more food and drink. 

They talked over with each 
other what they should do with 
the child. 


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61 


VI 

When- Snowdrop had eaten her 
meal, the Dwarfs said to her : 
“Will you stay and keep house 
for us, cook, make the beds, do 
the work, sew and knit? 

“ If you do well, and keep 
things neat and clean, you shall 
have all you need.” 

“ Oh, yes ! ” said Snowdrop. “ I 
shall be glad to do all you 
ask ! ” 

So Snowdrop made her home 
with them, and they were very 
kind to her. 

Day by day the seven little 
men went to dig for gold. 

They came home soon after the 
sun set, and Snowdrop had things 


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neat and clean, and a nice supper 
for them. 

All day long the child was quite 
alone. It must have been dull 
for her, only she was a busy lit- 
tle girl. 

The Dwarfs had fear of the bad 
Queen coming when they were 
away, so they said to her: “Do 
not let any one into the house 
when we are not here.” 

I am sorry to tell you she did 
not do as she was bid. 

VII 

One day the bad Queen asked 
her mirror again: 


Mirror, Mirror, hanging there. 
Who in all the land’s most fair ? 


SNOWDEOP 


63 


She was in great anger when 
it said: 


My Lady Queen, you’re fair, ’tis true; 

But Snowdrop’s far more fair than you. 
Snowdrop, who lives with seven wee men, 
Is fair as you, and as fair again. 


She made up her mind to kill 
Snowdrop if she could. At last 
she hit on a plan. 

She dressed herself up as a poor 
old woman, with laces and wares 
to sell. 

She came to the house of the 
seven little men, where Snowdrop 
was all alone. 

She tapped at the door, and 
called out : “ Fine wares to sell, 
tine wares to sell.” 

Snowdrop looked out of the 


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window, and said: “Good day, 
mother! what have you to sell?” 

The Queen held uj) her wares 
and nice silk laces for the child to 
look at. 

I am sorry to say Snowdrop un- 
did the door, and let her in. 

“ If you will buy this pretty 
lace, I will show you how to lace 
up your dress better,” said the 
Queen. 

VIII 

S^fowDROP made up her mind to 
buy the lace, and stood before the 
Queen to let her lace up her dress. 

She did it so quickly and made 
the dress so tight, that the poor 
child fell down in a faint, and did 
not move or speak. 


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65 


The bad Queen went otf in great 
glee, and left her for dead on the 
floor. 

“You are no longer the fairest 
now, Miss Snowdrop,” said she. 

Just after the sun had set, the 
seven Dwarfs came home. 

When they saw dear little Snow- 
drop lying on the floor so still and 
white, they were very sad, and in 
great fear. 

They lifted her up, and cut the 
tight lace in two, and after a time 
she was better. 

Then Snowdrop told them all 
she had done. 

They said at once it was the 
bad Queen who had done this 
deed. 

They told Snowdrop to take 


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care never again to let any one in 
when they were not at home. 

She said she would try now to 
do as she was told ; but I fear she 
soon forgot what she had said, as 
you will see. 

IX 

All went well for some time, till 
the bad old Queen went to her 
mirror again, and said: 

Mirror, Mirror, hanging there, 

Who in all the land’s most fair ? 

She was quite pale with rage 
when it said: 

My Lady Queen, you’re fair, ’tis true; 

But Snowdrop’s far more fair than you. 

Snowdrop, who lives with seven wee men. 

Is fair as you, and as fair again. 


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67 


“ Ah,” said she, “ is she alive 
again? I will now make an end 
of her once and for all ! ” 

This time she tried to do the 
bad deed with a comb she had 
made. It was to kill Snowdrop as 
soon as it came near her head. 

When it was made, the Queen 
dressed up, so not to look as she 
did before. Again she did not 
want Snowdrop to know her. 

Then she went over the seven 
hills to the house of the seven 
Dwarfs. She tapped at the door 
and called out, “Fine wares for 
sale.” 

Snowdrop looked out of the win- 
dow and said, “You must go away, 
for I must not let you in.” 

“Ho, but you can surely look 


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out,” said the old woman, and she 
held up the pretty comb for the 
little girl to see. 

X 

Snowdeop looked at the comb, 
and wished it were hers, for it was 
very pretty. 

She was so silly as to forget 
what the Dwarfs had said to her. 

She put open the door, and let 
the old woman in. She took the 
comb, and the old woman said, 
“ Xow let me do your hair nicely 
for you.” Snowdrop did so. 

As soon as the comb went near 
the head of the child, she fell 
down in a faint, as before. The 
Queen then went off in great glee. 


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69 


It was now near sunset, and the 
Dwarfs soon came home, to find 
poor Snowdrop lying like dead on 
the floor. 

They looked and looked till 
they found the comb. As soon as 
they took it out of her hair. Snow- 
drop got better. 

She told them what she had 
done, and they begged her once 
more never to open the door again 
when they were not at home. 

She said she would try to do as 
they bade her. You will like to 
know if she kept her word this 
time better than she did before. 

Little girls should do as they 
are told by those who have to take 
care of them. 


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SNOWDROP 


XI 

Xext time the Queen asked her 
mirror as before: 

Mirror, Mirror, hanging there. 

Who in all the land’s most fair? 

It said: 

My Lady Queen, you’re fair, ’tis true; 

But Snowdrop is more fair than you. 
Snowdrop, who lives with seven wee men, 

Is fair as you, and as fair again. 

In great rage the Queen said, 
“Snowdrop shall die, even if it 
costs me my own life.” 

So this bad Queen hid in a small 
room and made an apple which 
looked, lovely. It was pale green, 
with nice rosy cheeks. 

All who saw it wanted to eat it. 


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71 


but in one half of it there was a 
bad poison. 

Once more she dressed up as an 
old woman, this time with apples 
and green stuff to sell. 

She went over the seven hills to 
the house of the seven Dwarfs, 
and tapped at the door. 

Snowdrop looked out of the 
window, and said, “I must not let 
you in. The Dwarfs will not al- 
low me to do so.” 

“JS^o, but don’t you want a bit of 
apple?” said the woman. “You 
can have half this one, and I will 
eat the other half” 


n 


SNOWDROP 


XII 

The apple looked so nice that 
Snowdrop longed to eat it, and 
held out her hand for half of it. 

When she saw the woman eat- 
ing the other half, she gave a bite 
into the half she held in her hand. 

As soon as she had done so, she 
fell down like dead on the floor. 

Then the bad Queen was very 
glad, and when she got home she 
said to her mirror: 


Mirror, Mirror, hanging there. 
Who in all the land’s most fair? 

This time it said: 

You are most fair, my Lady Queen : 
None so fair in the land, I ween. 


SNOWDROP 


73 


Then her bad heart was at rest, 
at least as much at rest as such a 
bad heart can ever be. 

By and by the little Dwarfs 
came home, and found Snowdrop 
lying like dead on the floor. 

They tried to find out what had 
been done to her, and to bring her 
back to life, as they had done 
before, but this time they could 
not do it. 

So they laid the dear girl on a 
bier, and for three days they all 
seven sat round weeping and sob- 
bing. 

Still she lay stiff and cold. She 
did not move or speak to them. 


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SNOWDROP 


XIII 

At last the Dwarfs made up their 
minds to bury Snowdrop, but she 



SNOWDROP 


75 


looked just as if she were alive, 
and so sweet and pretty that they 
said, “We cannot hide her away 
in the grave.” 

So they had a long glass box 
made, and laid her in it, and wrote 
on the lid in golden letters that 
she was a Royal Princess. 

This they put on the top of the 
hill, and one Dwarf sat by it day 
and night, to take care of it. 

The very birds of the air seemed 
sad that dear Snowdrop was dead, 
and came to weep. First an owl, 
then a robin, and then a dove. 

A long, long time poor Snowdrop 
lay in the glass box as if asleep. 

Her skin was as white as snow, 
her lips and cheeks rosy, and her 
hair as dark as ever. 


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SNOWDROP 


One day a Prince came over the 
hill and saw her lying in her glass 
house, and looking very lovely. 

He looked at the words in gold- 
en letters on the lid, and said to 
the Dwarf, “ Oive me this box. 
I will give you what you ask for 
it.” 

But the Dwarf said, “ iN’o ; we 
cannot part with Snowdrop for all 
the gold in the wide world.” 

XIV 

Then the Prince was very sad, 
and he said to the Dwarfs, “Oh, I 
cannot live without Snowdrop. 
Please give her to me to love and 
to care for always.” 

After a time the Dwarfs took 


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77 


pity on the Prince, and gave him 
the glass box with dear Snowdrop 
in it. This made him very glad. 

He bade his men carry it on 
before him. 

In going down the hill they 
jolted the glass box so much that 
the bit of apple fell out of Snow- 
drop’s mouth. 

At once she opened her eyes, 
lifted the lid, and sat up alive and 
well. 

“ Oh, dear me ! where am I ? ” 
said she. 

“You are with me,” said the 
Prince, with great joy. “I love 
you so much. Will you come to 
my father’s house, and be my 
wife ? ” 

After a time Snowdrop said she 


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SNOWDROP 


would do so, and they had a grand 
wedding. 

The bad old Queen went to the 
wedding. When SnowdrojD saw 
her, she was full of fear. 

The Prince at once sent the bad 
Queen away, and soon after she 
came to a sad end. 



THE GOOD LITTLE MOUSE 


I 

Once upon a time, so the story- 
goes, in a land not very far off 
there lived a King and Queen who 
were very fond of each other. 

Day after day they spent in 
fun and joy. They danced, sang, 
hunted, fished, and passed the day 
gaily. 

They were good and kind too, 
and did their best to make all in 
their land happy as they were. 

It was called the Land of Joy, 
it was so cheerful and bright. 

Kear by was a land where the 


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THE GOOD LITTLE MOUSE 


King was ugly, cross, and cruel. 
He did not like to see a smile on 
any one’s face. 

All feared him, for he was al- 



THE GOOD LITTLE MOUSE 


81 


ways ready and glad to cut otf a 
man’s head for a very small fault. 

His land was called the Land of 
Tears. 

When he heard how happy they 
were in the Land of Joy he 
got a big army and set out to 
take it. 

The Queen of the Land of Joy 
was now full of fear, and wanted 
the King to take their goods and 
men away to a far-off land. 

“Ko,” said the King, “I cannot 
do that. It is better to die than 
to be a coward.” 


II 

So the King of the Land of Joy 
took his men and went to meet 


6 


83 


THE GOOD LITTLE MOUSE 


the bad King who wanted to get 
his land from him. 

He did his best to take care of 
his land and home, but his army 
was very small. 

When she could see the King 
no more the Queen wept. She 
said, “What will become of me 
and my dear little baby girl if the 
King dies ? ” 

She was so sad she could not 
eat or sleej). The good King sent 
her a letter each day, but at last 
none came. 

Soon a man rode up to her 
palace from the war in great haste. 

He cried, “All is lost! Your 
good King is dead, and very soon 
the King of the Land of Tears will 
be here.” 


THE GOOD LITTLE MOUSE 


83 


The poor Queen fell down in a 
faint. Her maids put her to bed, 
and stood by her weeping. 

Soon a great noise was heard, 





and np came the bad King and his 
cruel men. 

He was very unkind to the 
poor lady and her little baby, and 
wanted to kill them at once. 


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THE GOOD LITTLE MOUSE 


At last he shut them up in a 
tiny room at the top of a high 
tower. 

Ill 

Isr the room where the poor Queen 
and her child were shut up there 
was only a table and a very hard 
bed on the floor. 

The door was made fast, and no 
one came near them but a keeper, 
who each day gave them a slice of 
dry bread and three boiled peas 
to eat. 

So the poor Queen and her child 
grew quite thin and ill. They 
were always hungry. 

Some time after, the King sent 
for a Fairy to come and look at 
the little girl, to see if she were 


THE GOOD LITTLE MOUSE 


85 


likely to grow up to make a nice 
wife for his own son by and by. 

He took the Fairy up the stairs 
to the little room. The sight of 
the poor lady and her baby made 
the Fairy quite sad, for she was 
kind and good. 

She drew near and kissed the 
Queen’s hand; as she did so she 
said slily, “ Be brave, I will try to 
help you.” 

The Queen begged her to do 
her best for the dear child, who 
had lost so much. 

So the Fairy told the King she 
was a sweet child and would grow 
up both pretty and bright. 


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THE GOOD LITTLE MOUSE 


IV 

O^TE day soon after the visit of the 
Fairy the Queen was busy spin- 
ning, when she saw a pretty little 
gray mouse come out of a hole in 
the floor. 

“Ah! poor mouse,” said she, “I 
have no food to give you. I have 
only those three peas to last me 
all the day.” 

The tiny thing ran and played 
about so nicely that the Queen 
gave it her last pea, saying, “ Here, 
little one, eat it up; it is all I 
have to give you. 

“I am glad for you to have it, 
you pretty thing,' in return for the 
way you have cheered us by your 
funny games.” 


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87 


Now the mouse was a Fairy, 
but the Queen did not know it. 

As soon as she had done this 
kind deed she saw on the table a 
nice cooked bird and two dishes 
of frnit. 

The Queen and her child ate their 
supper with great glee, and gave 
what was left to the mouse, who 
danced better than ever after this. 

Each day the Qneen now gave 
the mouse her dry bread and the 
three peas, and each day she 
found in their place all sorts of 
good things to eat on the dish. 

V 

The Qneen and her child grew 
quite fat and gay with the good 


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THE GOOD LITTLE MOUSE 


food they found on the dish, but 
could not thiidi where the nice 
things came from. 

One day the Queen was wish- 
ing she could get away from the 
tower with her child, when she 
saw the mouse playing in the cor- 
ner of the room with some long 
straws. 

“Oh,” said she, “if I had more 
of these straws I would make a 
basket with them. Then I would 
let my child down in it from the 
window, to some one who would 
take care of her.” 

She set to work. The mouse 
dragged in more and more straws. 
At last the basket was made, as 
well as a long cord to let it down 
by. 


THE GOOD LITTLE MOUSE 


89 


The Queen and her child had by 
this time learned to look on the 
mouse as a real friend, and to love 
it very much. It was quite a 
playmate to the child. 

One day the Queen looked out 
of the window and saw a little old 
lady leaning on a stick and look- 
ing up at her. 


YI 

The old lady said to the Queen, 
“How can I help you, madam?” 

“Oh, my dear friend, if you 
wish to be of use to me come 
here when it is dark, and I will 
let my poor little one down in a 
basket. 

“If you will bring her up for 


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me and take care of her, when I 
am rich and free again I will pay 
you for what you have done.” 

“ I don’t want any pay,” said 
the old lady, “but I do not eat 
much food, and should so like a 
nice fat mouse for dinner, 

“If you have one in your room 
throw it down to me, 

“If you will do so, then I will 
see that your child is well taken 
care of 

“I do not think anything is 
nicer to eat than a plump mouse 
well cooked.” 

The poor Queen, when she heard 
this, began to cry, but did not 
speak, so the old lady asked her 
what was the matter. 

“ Why,” said the Queen, “ there 


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91 


is only one mouse here, and it is 
a dear little thing. 

“ I cannot bear to think of its 
being killed and eaten. It has 
such pretty ways we are quite in 
love with it.” 


YII 

“ What,” cried the old lady in a 
rage, “ do you care more for a 
mouse than your own baby ? 

“ Grood-by, madam ! I shall 
leave you. I am glad to say I 
can get plenty of mice without 
yours.” 

So otf she went ! 

The poor Queen was so sad as 
she ate her dinner that day that 
she could do nothing but cry. 


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THE GOOD LITTLE MOUSE 


The little mouse was playing 
about near her more pretty than 
ever. 

“ Ah, little mouse,” she said, “ it 
has cost me much to save your 
life. But I could not bear to let 
the old lady kill and eat you.” 

The mouse looked up at her 
and said, “Dear madam, you will 
never be sorry that you have been 
so kind to me.” 

The Queen could not think how 
it was that a mouse was able 
to speak to her, and looked at it 
in wonder. 

As she did so she saw the 
mouse change into a tall and 
lovely Fairy, the same who had 
come with the bad King to see 
her. 


THE GOOD LITTLE MOUSE 


93 


VIII 

The Faiiy smiled at her and said, 
“I am so glad, dear lady, to have 
found a true friend.” 

“ Surely,” said the Queen, kiss- 
ing her, “you do not want for 
friends when you are so love- 
ly.” 

“ Ah,” said the Fairy, “ many 
seem to be friends just for some 
good they hope to get from me. 
I do not call such friends. 

“When I heard what you said 
to the old lady out of the window 
I was sure that you truly cared 
for the poor little mouse. A true 
friend is hard to find. 

“ So now I will take care of 
your dear little girl. She shall 


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live to a very old age, and be 
good and happy all her life.” 

The Fairy now kissed the lit- 
tle Princess three times on her 
lips. 

The Queen was full of joy, and 
with many thanks begged the 
Fairy to take her child and bring 
it up as her own. 

That night, when the baby was 
asleep, the Queen laid it in the 
basket, and pinned its name on 
its robe and let it safely down 
to the ground by the rope of 
straw, to the kind Fairy. 


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IX 

You will be glad to hear that the 
good Fairy kept her word. 

After many ups and downs both 
the Queen and the Princess were 
got safely away from the power 
of the bad King. 

Some time after the old King 
and his ugly son were killed. 

The little Princess had now 
grown up into a lovely girl. Bet- 
ter still, she was as good and 
kind as she was lovely. 

By the help of the Fairy she 
was made Queen over the bad 
King’s land as well as that of her 
own father. 

Then she became the wife of a 


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most good and kind Prince whom 
the Fairy found for her. 

They all lived in comfort and 
joy for many years. 

Once more both lands were full 
of peace and plenty, and the peo- 
ple were made very happy. 


BROTHER AND SISTER 

I 

I AM about to tell you a very 
funny story. 

It is an old one too, and was 
told to boys and girls many, 
many years ago. 

I think you will agree with 
me that it could never have been 
a true one. This is the story: 

Once upon a time a boy and 
girl, who were brother and sis- 
ter, lost their mother. 

Some time after she died they 
had a new mother, who was not 
at all kind to them. 


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She would often beat or kick them, 
and give them dry crusts to eat. 

One day they went away from 
home, and were lost in the woods. 

They walked about all day in 
the rain, and at night were very 
tired and in want of food, but 
they had none to eat. 

Soon they found a hollow tree, 
and crept into it to sleep, as they 
had no bed to lie down upon, 
and no house over their heads. 

They had no one to take care 
of them or to love them! Poor- 
little lonely ones! 

II 

Hext day, when they woke up, 
the sun shone bright and warm. 


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The boy cried: “Oh! I must 
have something to drink. I am 
so thirsty.” So they looked about 
for water. 

Soon they heard the sound of 
water running over the stones, 
and found a little brook. 

The brother went at once to 
drink. As it ran along, sister 
heard it say : 

“Who drinks of me will be a 
tiger ! Who drinks of me will be 
a tiger ! ” 

Sister stopped him in time, say- 
ing: “Oh! dear brother, j)ray do 
not drink, or you will be a tiger, 
and tear me to pieces.” 

Brother was very sad, but he 
said: “Very well; I’ll wait till we 
come to the next spring.” 

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When they did so the sister 
heard it say: 

“Who drinks of me will be a 
wolf! Who drinks of me will be 
a wolf!” 

Sister cried : “ Oh ! please don’t 
drink now, or you will be a wolf, 
and eat me up.” 

Brother did not, but said : 
“ I^ext time I must drink, for I 
can bear this thirst no longer.” 

Ill 

When the children got to the 
third brook sister heard it say: 

“ Who drinks of me will be a 
roe ! Who drinks of me will be 
a roe!” 

So sister said : “ Oh ! brother. 


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wait, or you will be a roe, and 
run away from me ! ” 

But her brother had run to the 
brook and had begun to drink. 
As soon as he dipped his lips in 
the water, he was turned into a 
dear little Roe. 

Sister cried when she saw this, 
and so did the Roe, as he sat sadly 
by her side. 

At last the girl said ; “ IS" ever 
mind, dear little fawn, I will never 
leave you.” 

Then she took off her golden 
garter, and tied it round the Roe’s 
neck for a collar. 

She made a soft cord of rushes, 
and tied it to the collar, and by 
this she led him far into the 
woods. 


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After they had gone a long, 
long way, and were very weary, 
they came to a nice little honse. 
The girl looked into it, and 



fonnd no one there. She said : 
“ Oh! how glad I should be if we 
could stay and live here.” 

They went in, and looked all 
round, but could find no one. 


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lY 

The girl and the Roe rested in 
the little house that night. 

Next day sister went out and 
hunted for moss and leaves to 
make a nice soft bed for the Roe, 
and sweet young grass for him to 
eat. 

The pretty fawn fed from her 
hand, played round her, and 
seemed quite happy. 

Each day sister looked for 
roots and nuts for food for herself 

When night came, and the 
little girl was tired, she would 
ask God to take care of her. 

She made a pillow of the fawn’s 
back, laid her head on it, and 
slept quite soundly all night. 


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If brother had but kept his 
right form, they might have been 
very happy in tins wild kind of life. 

In this way they lived a long 
time in the wood, till one day 



the King of the land went out 
that way to hunt. 

Sister in her little house heard 
the whole forest ring with the 
blowing of horns, the barking of 
dogs, and the cries of the hunters. 


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V 

The little Roe could hear the 
noise of the hunters also, and 
longed to join in the hunt. 

“ Ah ! ” said he to his sister, 
“ do let me go otf to the hunt ! 
I cannot keep still any longer.” 

Sister was full of Jfear lest he 
should run away and be lost. 

The Roe begged and begged, 
till at last she let him go. 

“ Dear little Roe,” said she, 
“mind you come back before the 
sun goes down, or what shall I 
do all alone in these woods ? 

“I shall lock my door, for I 
fear these wild hunters. So when 
you come back say: 

“ ‘ My sister, dear, open ; I am 


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here.’ If you do not speak, I 
shall not let yon in.” 

Olf went the Roe, quite well 
and happy in the free, clear air. 

Soon the King and his men 
saw the pretty fawn, and tried to 
come up with him, but they did 
not. 

Just when they got quite near, 
away he dashed otf to one side, 
into the bushes. 

When it began to get dark the 
Roe ran home. He gave a tap 
at the door, and cried : 

“ My sister, dear, open ; I’m 
here.” She put the door open a 
little way, and the Roe ran in, 
and went to his mossy bed. 


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YI 

Next day the hunt began again. 
As soon as the little Roe heard 
the “ Ho ! ho ! ” of the hunters, he 
could not rest, and said to his 
sister: 

“ Dear, please open the door. 
I must get out. I cannot keep 
still.” So she put the door open, 
and said: 

“Now mind, dear Roe, you are 
back before dark, and when you 
ask to come in, use the same 
words as before.” 

This day, as soon as the King 
and his men saw the pretty fawn, 
with his golden collar on, they 
all rode after him. 

The Roe was too quick and 


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nimble for them. He was quite 
safe all day. 

Just as the sun was about to 
set, one of the hunters crept near 
him, and gave him a wound in 
the foot, so that he limped, and 
could run but slowly. 

The hunter went slily after him 
as far as the little house, and 
heard him say: 

“ My sister, dear, open ; I’m 
here ! ” He saw the door open 
a little way, and close again 
quickly as soon as the fawn had 
run in. 

The hunter went otf at once, 
and told the King all he had seen 
and heard. “We will try to get 
him in the morning,” said the 
King. 


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VII 

Poor sister was very sad when she 
saw how her dear little fawn had 
been hurt. 

She washed off the blood very 
gently, and bound it up with 
herbs that heal. Then she said : 

“ JIow go, dear, and lie down 
and rest, so that your poor foot 
may soon be quite well again.” 

Vext day the foot seemed quite 
well ; the fawn did not feel any 
pain in it. 

Soon the sounds of the hunt 
began. As soon as the fawn heard 
the noise he said: 

“ Sister, I cannot stay here ; I 
must go out too. I will take 
good care they shall not get me.” 


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Poor sister began to cry. She 
said : “ Oh, no ; they are sure to 
kill you, and then I shall be left 
all alone in these woods. I can- 
not and will not let you go out.” 

“ Then I shall die of grief,” said 
the Roe. “When I hear that horn 
I feel as if I must jump right out 
of my skin.” 

So at last his sister opened the 
door with a sad heart, and the 
Roe darted out, full of joy, into 
the woods. 


YIII 

As soon as the King saw the 
Roe he said to his men: “Kow, 
then, give chase to him all day, 
but take care and be sure not to 
hurt him.” 


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When the sun had set, the King 
said to the hunter : “ Come, now, 
and show me the little house in 
the wood.” 

As soon as they had got to the 
house, the King gave a tap at the 
door and said: “My sister dear, 
open ] I’m here.” 

Then sister opened the door, 
and the King stepped in, and there 
stood the most lovely girl he had 
ever seen. 

Sister was at first full of fear 
when she saw a man with a 
golden crown on his head step 
into her house. 

The King was a good, kind man, 
and spoke very gently to her. He 
looked so kind that sister soon 
lost all fear. 


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113 


Just then the little Roe ran in 
and stoo4 hy the side of his sister, 
full of glee. 

The King patted the pretty fawn, 
and talked to him. Soon he grew as 
fond of the King as of his sister. 

The King sent all kinds of nice 
and pretty things to the little 
house. 

IX 

Some time after this, Avhen the 
King saw that sister was as good 
and kind as she was lovely, he 
said to her: 

“ AXill yon be my dear wife, 
and come and live with me in my 
fine large castle? You must be 
very lonely here, and I will take 
good care of you.” 


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I^ow, the girl had learned to 
love this good King, who had 
been so kind to the Roe as well 
as to herself. So she said : 

“Yes, I will come gladly if yon 
will let my dear Roe come also; 
I cannot leave him.” 

“Oh, yes,” said the King; “he 
shall stay as long as he lives, 
and have all he can wish for.” 

Kow sister tied the rush cord 
once more to his golden collar, 
and they all left the little house 
in the woods for ever. 

One of the King’s men held 
the horse while the King lifted 
the lovely girl upon it; then he 
led her to his castle, and the 
pretty Roe skipped along beside 
them. 


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They had a grand wedding at 
the castle, and all were very 
merry and happy. 

X 

All the folks in the land were 
very glad when they found how 
good and kind the young Queen 
was, as well as being so lovely. 

They soon became very fond 
and proud of her. To add to 
their joy, the Queen some time 
after had a dear little baby boy. 

The Queen, amid all these 
things, did not forget her dear 
little Roe. He ran about at will 
in the fine gardens of the castle. 
All were good to him because 
they loved their kind Queen. 


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Time passed on, and the wicked 
stepmother, who had been so un- 
kind to brother and sister, heard 



of their good luck, and made up 
her mind to do them harm. 

One day, when the King was 


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out hunting, the pretty Queen was 
taken very ill. 

This bad and cruel woman came 
to her as a nurse, and tried to 
put her to death. 

You will be glad to hear that 
when the King came back he 
found it all out, and sent the bad 
nurse far away. 

When she was dead the dear 
little Roe came back to his own 
shape once more. So brother and 
sister were very happy ever 
after. 









THE GIANT WENT TO SLEEP 


See page 138 






JACK AND THE BEAN STALK 


I 

Ojnce upon a time there was a 
poor widow, who lived in a cot- 
tage with her only son Jack. 

Jack was a kind, good boy, but 
often he did not take care in 
what he did. 

It had been a cold winter, with 
deep snow and a hard frost. This 
had made the poor widow ill. 

Jack was so young that he did 
no work as yet, so that he and 
his mother grew to be very 
poor. 

To get food the widow saw 


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she must sell her one cow, but 
she was too ill to go out. 

So she said to her boy: “Jack, 
I am too weak to go and sell 



our cow. You must take her to 
town and sell her.” 

Jack was glad to do this for 
his mother, but as he was on his 


JACK AND THE BEAN STALK l:il 

way he met a man who had some 
beans in his hand. 

The man got the silly lad to 
sell his cow for these beans. 

When Jack got home the widow 
was very sad to hear he had only 
got a few beans for her nice cow. 

Both mother and son went to 
bed full of grief, for their last 
hope was gone now that the cow 
was sold. 


II 

Jack rose from his bed at sun- 
rise, and went into his garden. 
“I may as well sow these beans,” 
he said to himself 

So he took a bit of stick, made 
some holes in the ground, and 
put in the beans. 


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That day they liad not much 
to eat, and went to bed more sad 
than ever, for they knew there 
was no food at all for the next 
day. 

Jack did not sleep, and at dawn 
of day he got up, and went out 
once more into his garden. 

Oh ! how those beans had grown ! 
In one night up and up, as high 
as the house and the tall cliff 
above it. 

The stalks of the beans had 
grown stout and thick, and made 
quite a ladder, on which Jack 
could step. 

“ I should like to climb up,” said 
Jack, “but I will first ask mother 
if I may. 

“ I do not wi^h to do wrong, as 


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I did when I sold our nice cow 
for those beans.” 

Jack went to lind his mother. 
When she came, they both stood 
some time to look at the bean 
stalk, which, in one night, had 
grown so tall and stout. 


Ill 

“ WiiEEE can this bean stalk end ?” 
said Jack to his mother. “ May I 
go up and see ? ” 

“ I fear you may get hurt, 
dear,” said the widow. 

“ Do let me try,” said Jack. So 
at last she let him go. 

Jack went up and up on the 
stalks of the beans till he was soon 
above the house and the village. 


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After a time even the tall church 
tower looked quite small, and still 
he could not see the top of the 
beau stalk. 

Soon Jack felt tired, and as if he 
would like to go back home. 

But he rested for a short time, 
and made up his mind to be brave 
and try again, and not to give up. 

He went up and up till he 
feared to look down. 

At last he came to the top of 
the bean stalk, and found he was 
in a tine and lovely new land. 

Near by where he got otf the 
bean stalk was a wood, a clear 
stream, and a big, strong castle. 

There were also some nice green 
hills on which were many sheep 
and lambs. 


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lY 

Jack had never seen or heard 
of this strong castle before, and 
could not think how it could be 
there. 

The fact was that the high rock 
on which it stood was far above 
the village where he lived. 

Yo one he knew had been there 
or seen it, so it was like a new 
land to him. 

As he looked at it, an old lady 
came out of the wood to him. 

She had a tall cap of red satin 
and white fur on her head, her 
hair hung down her back, and she 
had a statf in her hand. 

Jack took otf his cap and made 
her a low bow. 


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“ If you please, ma’am,” said he, 
“ is this your home ? ” 

“ Ho,” said the old lady. “ I 
will tell you the story of that 
castle. 


V 

“Once upon a time there was a 
good and brave knight who lived 
in this castle, which is very near 
Fairy Land. 

“ He had a fair wife and some 
dear little children whom he loved 
very much. 

“The fairies were kind to him, 
and gave him many nice gifts. 

“ Hear by lived a very big and 
bad Giant who had been told of 
these gifts and wished to get them. 


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127 


“ One day he got into the cas- 
tle when the good kniglit was in 



bed, and he killed him as he lay 
asleep. 

“Soon he found the dear little 
children, and killed all that were 
there. 


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“It was a good thing indeed 
that the wife of the poor knight 
and her tiny baby were not at 
home. 

“ She had gone the day before 
to see her old nurse, who lived 
in a village down at the foot of 
the hill. 

“A bad storm came on, which 
had kept her there all night. 

“Next day, as soon as it was 
light, a good man came and told 
her of the sad fate of her dear 
ones. 

“ She wanted to go home at 
once, but the nurse with tears 
begged her not to do so, but to 
stay and save the life of her dear 
baby boy. 


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129 


YI 

“ The poor lady did not go home, 
for the bad Giant had said he 
would kill her if he could find 
her. 

“She hid in the house of her 
good old nurse, and took care of 
her child. 

“Years rolled on. The old 
nurse died, and left her cottage 
and all she had to the lady and 
her boy. 

“There was a garden at the 
back, in which they grew peas 
and beans and green stuff. 

“With the money she had left 
the lady got a wheel, on which 
she could spin wool, and a cow 
which gave them milk. 


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“ As time went on she had to 
work very hard for their daily 
food, like a poor woman, often 
going out to glean corn. 

“Jack, that lady is your dear 
mother. The knight was your 
father. This castle was his, and 
must again be yours.” 

Jack cried out: “My mother! 
Oh, madam, what am I to do? 
My poor father ! My dear mother.” 

“You must win it back for 
your mother. It is a hard task 
and full of peril, Jack. Are you 
brave ? Will you try to get it 
back ? ” 

“ I fear nothing when I am 
doing right,” said Jack. 


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YII 

The lady in the red cap was glad 
to find Jack so brave and true. 
She said: “Then, Jack, you are 
one of those who slay giants. 

“ You must find your way into 
the castle, and get a hen that 
lays golden eggs, and a harp that 
talks. All in the castle is yours 
by right.” 

She said no more, and was 
gone. Then Jack knew she was 
a Fairy. 

Jack tried at once to get into 
the castle, so he blew the horn 
which hung at the door. 

The door was opened at once 
by the wife of the giant, who 
was very ugly. She had one 


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great eye in the middle of her 
forehead. 

As soon as Jack saw her he' 



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133 


tlied to run away, but she held 
him fast and took him into the 
castle. 

“Ho! ho!” she cried, “you did 
not think to see me here, that is 
clear. E’o ; I shall not let you 
go again.” 

“ You shall stop and work for 
me. You shall be my page. I 
have so much to do I am tired 
of my life. 

“You shall black the boots, 
make the tires, clean the house, 
and help me when the Giant is 
out. 

“When he is at home I must 
hide you, or else he will eat you 
up as he has the other pages I 
have had.” 


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YIII 

Jack tried to be brave when he 
heard this,' and said : “ I am quite 
ready to do all I can to help you, 
ma’am, only I beg you will hide 
me from your husband. 

“I should not like to be eaten 
at all.” 

“That is a good boy,” said the 
big lady, nodding her head. “ I 
am glad you did not cry out when 
you saw me, as the other boys 
did who have been here. 

“ If you had done so my hus- 
band would have eaten you up 
as he did them. 

“ Come here, child ! go into my 
wardrobe ; he never goes there ; 
you will be quite safe.” 


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135 


So slie shut him in a big ward- 
robe ill the great hall. 

Jack looked round. The key- 
hole was large, so he had air and 
could see all that took place in the 
hall. 

By and by he heard a heavy 
tramp on the stairs, and a loud 
voice cried: 

Fe, fa, fi-fo-fum, 

I smell the breath of a little man ; 

Let him be alive, or let him be dead. 

I’ll grind his bones to make my bread. 

“ Wife,” cried the Giant, “ there 
is a man in the castle. Let me 
have him at once to eat.” 

“Yon are grown old and stupid,” 
cried the lady in her loud tones. 

“ It is only a nice fresh steak 
that I have cooked for you which 


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you smell. There, sit down and 
eat it.” 

IX 

So saying, the wife of the Giant 
put before her husband a huge 
dish of nice hot meat. 

He liked this, and did not think 
any more of a little man being in 
the castle. 

When he had eaten a very large 
meal he went out for a walk. 
Then his wife let Jack out of the 
wardrobe to help her. 

He helped her all day. She fed 
him well. When it got dark she 
put him back in the wardrobe. 

Soon the Giant came in to sup- 
per. Jack looked at him through 
the keyhole. He saw him pick a 


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wolf’s bone and put half a fowl 
at a time into his huge month. 
Jack did not know what to make 
of it. 

At last supper was ended, and 
the Giant bade his wife bring 
him his hen that laid the golden 
eggs. 

“ It lays as well as ever it did,” 
he said ; “ indeed, I think the eggs 
weigh more and more.” 

She soon came in with a little 
brown hen, which she put on the 
table before her husband. 

“ How, my dear,” she said, “ I 
am going for a short walk if you 
don’t want me any longer.” 

“ Go,” said the Giant ; “ I shall 
be glad to have a naj} by and by.” 


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X 


The Griant now took up the brown 
hen, and said to her : 

“ Lay ! ” And she at once laid a 
golden egg. 

“ Lay ! ” said the Giant again. 
And she did so. 

“Lay!” he said, for the third 
time. And again a golden egg 
lay on the table. 

Xow Jack was sure this was the 
hen of which the Fairy had spoken. 

, By and by the Giant put the 
hen down on the floor, and soon 
after went to sleep and snored 
very loudly. 

As soon as Jack saw the Giant 
was sound asleep, he pushed open 
the door and crept out. 


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139 


Very softly he stole across the 
room, picked up the hen, fled out 
of the house, and locked the door 
after him. 

He ran to the bean stalk, and 
went down as fast as he could 
go. 

When his mother saw him she 
wept for joy. She feared the 
Griant had found him. 

Jack put the brown hen down 
before her, and told her all that 
had taken place. She was very 
glad to see the hen, which would 
make them rich once more. 

XI 

One day, some time after Jack 
had come back from the castle 


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of the bad Giant, his mother 
went to shop, for she was now 
well again. 

Good food, and the joy of see- 
ing Jack with the brown hen, had 
done much to make her get well. 

Jack made up his mind to go 
to the castle again while she was 
out, for she did not want him to 
run any risk for her sake. 

First, he dyed his hair, and 
did much to alter his looks. 

When he came to the door of 
the castle again, the wife of the 
Giant did not know Jack. 

So she kept him, as she had 
done before, to help her to do 
the work. 

As soon as she heard the 
Giant coming, she hid Jack in 


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her wardrobe, for she did not see 
it was the same boy who took 
the brown hen. 

As the Giant came in, he said: 

Fe, fa, fi-fo-fum, 

I smell the breath of a little man ; 

Let him be alive, or let him be dead. 

I’ll grind his bones to make my bread. 

The wife of the Giant said : 
“ Oh, no ; it is only a bullock 
that I have cooked as a titbit 
for your supper. Sit down and 
eat it.” 


XII 

The Giant sat down, and soon 
his wife came in with the meat 
on a very big dish, and they 
began to eat. 


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They soon picked the bones of 
the bullock, as if it had been a 
lark. Jack saw them, and was 
full of fear. 

When they had done, the wife 
of the Giant said: “Now, my 
dear, I will go up to my room, 
if you do not mind. I have a 
nice tale to read. If you want 
me, call for me.” 

“First,” said the Giant, “bring 
my bags of gold, that I may 
count it before I go to sleep.” 

She went, and soon came back 
with two big bags of gold, which 
she put down by his side. 

“There,” she said; “that is all 
the gold that is left. When that 
is gone, you must go and take 
some other castle.” 


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143 


“JN'o, he shall not do that if I 
can help it,” said Jack to himself 

When his wife was gone, the 
Giant took out heaps and heaps 
of gold, and put it into piles till 
he was tired. 

Then he put all back into their 
bags, and soon fell fast asleep, 
snoring very loudly. 

xrii 

f 

Jack looked at the bags of gold, 
that were his very own. 

The Giant had got them from 
his poor dead father, and Jack 
wished to get them again for his 
dear mother. 

Then he went out of his place 
of hiding, took up the bags of 


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gold, and ran off to the bean 
stalk as fast as he could. 

It was hard to get down with 
the bags, but at last he laid 
them on the table by the side of 
his mother. 

She had just come back, and 
was crying as she did not find 
Jack. 

“ There, dear mother, is the 
gold that bad Griant took from 
my poor dead father,” said Jack. 

“Oh, Jack!” said his mother, 
“ you are a dear good boy ; but I 
don’t like to have you risk your life 
in the castle of that bad Giant. 

“ Tell me what you did, and 
how you came to go there this 
time.” Jack told his tale. 

His mother was very glad to 


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145 


get the gold, but she bade him 
not to risk his life again for her 
sake. They went to bed full of 

joy- 

XIV 

Some time went by, and Jack 
again made up his mind to go to 
the castle of the Giant. So he 
went up the bean stalk once more, 
and blew the horn at the gate as 
before. 

The wife of the Giant went to 
the door; she was very stupid, 
and again did not know Jack. 

But she did not let him in so 
soon, for she knew now that the 
boy she had hidden had taken 
the hen and the bags of gold. 

Jack’s face looked fresh and 


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true, so she bade him come in, 
and hid him once more in the 
wardrobe. 

The Giant came home very 
soon. When he did so, he roared 
out : 


Fe, fa, fi-fo-fum, 

I smell the breath of a little man ; 

Let him be alive, or let him be dead. 

I’ll grind his bones to make my bread. 

“ Wife,” cried the Giant, “ there 
is a man in the castle. Let me 
have him to eat.” 

“You stupid old Giaut,” said 
his wife, “you only smell a nice 
sheep which I have cooked for 
your dinner. Sit down and eat 
it.” 

Then the Giant sat down, and 
his wife gave him a whole sheep 


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147 


for his dinner, which he soon ate 
up. 

XV 

Wheist the Giant had eaten his 
dinner, he said to his wife; 

“ Xow bring me my harp, and 
I will have a little tune. You go 
and take your walk.” 

She soon came in with a lovely 
harp, all bright with gems, and 
the strings were of gold. 

“I like this harp the best of all 
the things I took from the knight, 
for I am very fond of music,” said 
the Giant. 

So he drew the harp near to 
him, and said to it : 

“ Play ! ” 


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And the harp played a very 
soft, sad air. 

“ Play a merry tune ! ” said the 
Giant. 

And the harp did so. 

“ N’ow play me to sleep ! ” said 
the Giant. 

And the harp played such a 
sweet tune that its master very 
soon went to sleep. 

Then Jack went out softly to 
open the door, for he could not 
do it with the harp in his hand. 

JS'o one was near, so he got the 
harp and ran otf with it very 
fast. 

Alas ! as he went out of the 
door the harp called out; 

“ Master ! Master ! ” 


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149 


XVI 

The Giant awoke at once when 
he heard the harp call “ Master ! ” 
and was soon at the door after 
Jack. 

But the boy was very quick. 
He ran fast with the harp, talk- 
ing to it all the way as he went. 
He saw it was a Fairy, and told 
it he was the son of its old master 
the knight. 

On came the Giant quite close 
to poor Jack, so that he put out 
his hand to get him. 

Just then the Giant trod on a 
loose stone, and fell flat to the 
ground. 

This gave Jack time to get to 
the bean stalk and run down. 


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As he got to his own garden 
he saw the Giant coming down 
after him. 



“ Mother ! Mother ! ” cried Jack, 
“make haste and give me the 
axe ! ” 


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151 


His mother ran to him with the 
axe, and Jack with one blow cut 
all the bean stalks but one. 

“ IS'ow, mother, stand out of the 
way,” said he. 

She drew back, and it was well 
she did so, for just as the Giant 
took hold of the last stalk. Jack 
cut it, and daided from the spot. 

Down came the Giant head 
first. He broke his neck, and 
lay dead at the feet of Jack’s 
mother, to whom he had been so 
cruel. 


XVII 

As Jack and his mother were 
looking on the dead Giant in 
great fear, a lovely lady stood by 
them. 


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A LOVELY LADY STOOD BEFORE THEM P. 151 




JACK AND THE BEAN STALK 


153 


“Jack,” said she, “you have 
done well. I am glad you and 
your dear mother will now have 
your own home again. You have 
deserved it. 

“ Dig a grave and put the Giant 
in it, and then go back to the 
castle and kill his ugly old wife.” 

“ ISTo,” said Jack. “ I will not 
kill her; she was very kind to 
me.” 

The lady was very glad to see 
that Jack was kind and good. So 
she told him to go back to the 
castle, and then he would find out 
what he had to do. 

Jack now dug a grave, and 
buried the body of the big Giant. 
All were glad to see the end of 
so bad a man. 


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The beau stalk was now cut 
down, and Jack did not know 
any other way to the castle. 

The lady was so kind as to 
tell him she would drive him 
there in her car. 

Jack thanked her very much, 
and sat down beside her. The 
car was drawn by two lovely 
birds with long tails. 

The lady drove him a long, 
long way, till they came to a 
village which lay at the foot of 
the hill. 


XVIII 

Ik the village they saw many 
very poor men, to whom the Giant 
had been most cruel. 

He had taken their goods, and 


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155 


had killed and eaten their cows 
and sheep. 

So now the lady told them 
that the Griant was dead, and 
that Jack had put him out of 
the way. They were all full of 
joy at this good news. 

“You will be glad to hear,” said 
the lady, “that Jack is the son 
of your kind, good old master, 
who was killed by the Giant.” 

The poor men were very glad. 
They gave a loud cheer at these 
words. 

They told Jack they would do 
all they could to help him. They 
would work for him as they had 
done for his dead father. 

The lady told them to go to the 
castle with Jack ; so off they went. 


156 


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When they all came to the 
gate of the castle, Jack blew the 
horn. 

The wife of the Gliant saw 
them as they came and was full 
of fear, for the Giant had not 
yet come home. She did not 
know he was dead. 

She came down the steps very 
fast. As she did so, she fell from 
the top to the bottom, and was 
killed. 


XIX 

Xo one came to the gate of the 
castle when Jack blew the horn, 
for now the Giant and his wife 
were both dead. 

So the men who had come 


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157 


with him took big bars of iron 
and broke it open. 

They saw no one at first, but 
at the bottom of the steps they 
found the dead body of the 
Giant’s wife. 

Jack had her put into a grave, 
and then did what he could to 
help all those who had been 
robbed by the Giant. 

So he got his own home back 
again, and all were full of joy. 

The kind Fairy nOw drove 
back to the cottage for Jack’s 
mother, the little brown hen, the 
harp, and the bags of gold. 

The poor lady was very glad 
to get back to her dear old 
home once more. 

The Fairy said good-by to 


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Jack and his mother. She told 
him she had been fnll of joy to 
find he had been brave and true, 
and had not feared to try, try, 
try again. 

And that was why she had 
helped him to win back his 
home. 

Very happy days Jack and his 
mother bad in their own castle 
for many years, and so, too, had 
the poor men in the village. 


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